"shank" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʃæŋk/ Audio: en-us-shank.ogg [US] Forms: shanker [comparative], shankest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)keng-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schanke}} Middle English schanke, {{inh|en|ang|sċanca||leg}} Old English sċanca (“leg”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skankō}} Proto-West Germanic *skankō, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skankô}} Proto-Germanic *skankô, {{cog|fy|skonk}} West Frisian skonk, {{cog|nds|Schanke}} Low German Schanke, {{cog|de|Schenkel||shank, leg}} German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), {{cog|da|skank}} Danish skank, {{cog|no|skank}} Norwegian skank, {{m|gem-pro|*skankaz}} *skankaz, {{cog|non|skakkr||wry, crooked}} Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)keng-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-, {{cog|mga|scingim||I spring}} Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), {{cog|grc|σκάζω||to limp}} Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} shank (comparative shanker, superlative shankest)
  1. (slang) Bad. Tags: slang Related terms: shank it Related terms (poorly played golf shot): thin, fat, toe
    Sense id: en-shank-en-adj-j2aEtW3E

Noun

IPA: /ʃæŋk/ Audio: en-us-shank.ogg [US] Forms: shanks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)keng-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schanke}} Middle English schanke, {{inh|en|ang|sċanca||leg}} Old English sċanca (“leg”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skankō}} Proto-West Germanic *skankō, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skankô}} Proto-Germanic *skankô, {{cog|fy|skonk}} West Frisian skonk, {{cog|nds|Schanke}} Low German Schanke, {{cog|de|Schenkel||shank, leg}} German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), {{cog|da|skank}} Danish skank, {{cog|no|skank}} Norwegian skank, {{m|gem-pro|*skankaz}} *skankaz, {{cog|non|skakkr||wry, crooked}} Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)keng-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-, {{cog|mga|scingim||I spring}} Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), {{cog|grc|σκάζω||to limp}} Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shank (plural shanks)
  1. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle. Translations (lower part of the leg): skenkel (Afrikaans), ⁧عُرْقُوب⁩ (ʕurqūb) [masculine] (Arabic), ⁧عرقوب⁩ (ʕarʔūb) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), սրունք (srunkʿ) (Armenian), ঠেং (ṭheṅ) (Bengali), подбедрица (podbedrica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), garra [feminine] (Catalan), bérec [masculine] (Czech), onderbeen [neuter] (Dutch), schenkel [masculine] (Dutch), kruro (Esperanto), sääri (note: in humans) (Finnish), potka (note: in animals) (Finnish), jambe [feminine] (French), canela (Galician), Unterschenkel [masculine] (German), lábszár (Hungarian), leggur [masculine] (Icelandic), sääri (Ingrian), spanla [masculine] (Irish), lorga [masculine] (Irish), gamba [feminine] (Italian), gambe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), legg [masculine] (Norwegian), ⁧اینجك⁩ (incik) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧باجاق⁩ (bacak) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧قلم پا⁩ (qalam-e pâ) (Persian), goleń [feminine] (Polish), canela [feminine] (Portuguese), го́лень (gólenʹ) (note: in humans) [feminine] (Russian), плюсна́ (pljusná) (note: in horses) [feminine] (Russian), potkoljenica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gnjat [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lýtko (Slovak), holeň (Slovak), píšťala (Slovak), гомілка (homilka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-DAGQeQxi Disambiguation of 'lower part of the leg': 31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5
  2. Meat from that part of an animal. Translations (meat from that part of animal): κωλῆ (kōlê) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κωλήν (kōlḗn) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), արտալա (artala) (Armenian), джолан (džolan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), koot (Estonian), potka (Finnish), etupotka (english: front leg) (Finnish), takapotka (english: hind leg) (Finnish), jarret [masculine] (French), კანჭი (ḳanč̣i) (Georgian), Beinstück [masculine] (German), Hachse [feminine] (German), stinco [masculine] (Italian), puli [masculine] (Ladino), ⁧سردست⁩ (sardast) (Persian), lýtko (Slovak), incik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-pjXzMw98 Disambiguation of 'meat from that part of animal': 6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3
  3. (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Ornithology Translations (a bird of the genus Tringa): gamba [feminine] (Catalan), улит (ulit) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-Aj46-DQj Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'a bird of the genus Tringa': 1 1 73 2 1 0 1 8 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 1
  4. A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem. Translations (straight, narrow part of an object): стержен (steržen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dřík [masculine] (Czech), varsi (Finnish), tringle [feminine] (French), gambo [masculine] (Italian), сте́ржень (stérženʹ) [masculine] (Russian), стрижень (stryženʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-LzOHT2uk Disambiguation of 'straight, narrow part of an object': 5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3
  5. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-R6OevW3l
  6. The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point. Translations (The centre part of a fishhook): koreke (Maori)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-muFfDTNn Disambiguation of 'The centre part of a fishhook': 7 6 2 7 2 29 7 6 7 5 1 1 1 1 8 3 2 5
  7. A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached. Translations (protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached): kahva (Finnish), otin (Finnish), ripa (Finnish), хвостови́к (xvostovík) [masculine] (Russian), хвостовик (xvostovyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-5MrmqEkr Disambiguation of 'protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached': 5 7 2 19 1 5 37 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 3
  8. The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached. Translations (part of curb bit): varsi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-InDqTQ1z Disambiguation of 'part of curb bit': 4 2 5 3 1 3 2 58 6 1 1 1 4 0 4 1 2 3
  9. (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-i1n8zkIi Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  10. (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon. Tags: slang Synonyms: shiv Translations (an improvised stabbing weapon): pincho [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-jg4nV1n1 Disambiguation of 'an improvised stabbing weapon': 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 83 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
  11. A loop forming an eye to a button.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-PAglabx2
  12. (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-~rtgqIqH Topics: architecture
  13. (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it. Categories (topical): Metalworking
  14. (printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-DapcDRcF Topics: media, printing, publishing
  15. (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-p~ARorJw
  16. Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-h4HMDehf
  17. The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-X8~A0mNB
  18. The main part or beginning of a period of time.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-noun-AaIKdN3A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bit shank, greenshank, ham shank, Longshanks, redshank, shankbone [of the foreleg] [bone, anatomy, medicine, sciences], shank-iron, shank-nag, shank-painter, shanks' mare, shanks' nag, shanks' pony, shank-weary, umbroshank, velvet shank

Verb

IPA: /ʃæŋk/ Audio: en-us-shank.ogg [US] Forms: shanks [present, singular, third-person], shanking [participle, present], shanked [participle, past], shanked [past]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)keng-}}, {{inh|en|enm|schanke}} Middle English schanke, {{inh|en|ang|sċanca||leg}} Old English sċanca (“leg”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skankō}} Proto-West Germanic *skankō, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skankô}} Proto-Germanic *skankô, {{cog|fy|skonk}} West Frisian skonk, {{cog|nds|Schanke}} Low German Schanke, {{cog|de|Schenkel||shank, leg}} German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), {{cog|da|skank}} Danish skank, {{cog|no|skank}} Norwegian skank, {{m|gem-pro|*skankaz}} *skankaz, {{cog|non|skakkr||wry, crooked}} Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)keng-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-, {{cog|mga|scingim||I spring}} Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), {{cog|grc|σκάζω||to limp}} Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} shank (third-person singular simple present shanks, present participle shanking, simple past and past participle shanked)
  1. (archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot. Tags: Ulster, archaic
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-vEo-qYH5 Categories (other): Ulster English
  2. (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade. Tags: slang Synonyms (to stab with an improvised weapon): shiv [slang]
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-PuiJj9As Disambiguation of 'to stab with an improvised weapon': 0 86 2 3 2 4 2 1
  3. (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants. Tags: slang Synonyms (to remove another's pants): depants [slang]
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-H6jtcMfs Disambiguation of "to remove another's pants": 0 2 80 5 5 4 2 1
  4. (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-P0lu2dDS Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Tennis
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-KRkXKsh~ Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports, tennis
  6. (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-h2dVt6vL
  7. (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sewing
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-jbp-aQq0 Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
  8. (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
    Sense id: en-shank-en-verb-De7sRCBP

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Alternative forms

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      "word": "greenshank"
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      "word": "ham shank"
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      "word": "Longshanks"
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      "word": "redshank"
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        "sciences"
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      "word": "umbroshank"
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          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
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          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "սրունք"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ṭheṅ",
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          "word": "ঠেং"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podbedrica",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "подбедрица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "garra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bérec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "onderbeen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "kruro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "in humans",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "sääri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "in animals",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "potka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jambe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "canela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Unterschenkel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "lábszár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "leggur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "sääri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spanla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lorga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gamba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gambe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "legg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "incik",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "⁧اینجك⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "bacak",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "⁧باجاق⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qalam-e pâ",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "⁧قلم پا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goleń"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "canela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "in humans",
          "roman": "gólenʹ",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "го́лень"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "in horses",
          "roman": "pljusná",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плюсна́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "potkoljenica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gnjat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "lýtko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "holeň"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "word": "píšťala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "homilka",
          "sense": "lower part of the leg",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гомілка"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Meat from that part of an animal."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-pjXzMw98",
      "links": [
        [
          "Meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "artala",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "արտալա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "džolan",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "джолан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "koot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "potka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "front leg",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "etupotka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "hind leg",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "takapotka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jarret"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳanč̣i",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "კანჭი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Beinstück"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hachse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kōlê",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κωλῆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kōlḗn",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κωλήν"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stinco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "puli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sardast",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "⁧سردست⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "lýtko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 57 1 5 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
          "word": "incik"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ornithology",
          "orig": "en:Ornithology",
          "parents": [
            "Zoology",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-Aj46-DQj",
      "links": [
        [
          "ornithology",
          "ornithology"
        ],
        [
          "redshank",
          "redshank"
        ],
        [
          "greenshank",
          "greenshank"
        ],
        [
          "Old World",
          "Old World"
        ],
        [
          "wading birds",
          "wading birds"
        ],
        [
          "Tringa",
          "Tringa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 73 2 1 0 1 8 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gamba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 73 2 1 0 1 8 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ulit",
          "sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "улит"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-LzOHT2uk",
      "links": [
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "steržen",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "стержен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dřík"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "word": "varsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tringle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gambo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stérženʹ",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сте́ржень"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 3 38 2 4 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stryženʹ",
          "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "стрижень"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-R6OevW3l",
      "links": [
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ],
        [
          "ride",
          "ride"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-muFfDTNn",
      "links": [
        [
          "fishhook",
          "fishhook"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ],
        [
          "hook",
          "hook"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 6 2 7 2 29 7 6 7 5 1 1 1 1 8 3 2 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "The centre part of a fishhook",
          "word": "koreke"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-5MrmqEkr",
      "links": [
        [
          "protruding",
          "protruding"
        ],
        [
          "attached",
          "attached"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 2 19 1 5 37 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
          "word": "kahva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 2 19 1 5 37 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
          "word": "otin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 2 19 1 5 37 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
          "word": "ripa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 2 19 1 5 37 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xvostovík",
          "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хвостови́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 2 19 1 5 37 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xvostovyk",
          "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хвостовик"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-InDqTQ1z",
      "links": [
        [
          "curb bit",
          "curb bit"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "reins",
          "reins"
        ],
        [
          "bridle",
          "bridle"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 3 1 3 2 58 6 1 1 1 4 0 4 1 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "part of curb bit",
          "word": "varsi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Golf",
          "orig": "en:Golf",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1953, Arnold Gingrich, The Esquire Treasury",
          "text": "To a good golfer a shank is disgracefuller than being dead drunk or in jail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-i1n8zkIi",
      "links": [
        [
          "golf",
          "golf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Stormzy, Mura Masa (lyrics and music), “Mr Skeng” (track 1), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy",
          "text": "LBC's tryna blackball me / And tryna blame your boy for knife crime (Like, what?) / I don't use a shank, I got money in the bank / Man, I'd rather do a drive-by",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Casey Diaz, Mike Yorkey, The Shot Caller […], Emanate Books, page 76",
          "text": "One of the shot callers' responsibilities was to control the shanks within the prison population—the crude homemade knives used for stabbing another prisoner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An improvised stabbing weapon."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-jg4nV1n1",
      "links": [
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "shiv"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 83 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an improvised stabbing weapon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pincho"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A loop forming an eye to a button."
      ],
      "id": "en-shank-en-noun-PAglabx2",
      "links": [
        [
          "loop",
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          "ref": "1861, Charles Darwin, Cause of the variation of flowers",
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          "ref": "2000, The Indian Textile Journal (volume 110, issues 7-12)",
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          "ref": "1986 March 6, \"Factory Work\" [Poetry, 147], quoted in 2009, Deborah Boe, The Girl of the Early Race: Poems, Gegensatz Press",
          "text": "I take those metal shanks, slide the backs of them in glue and make them lie down on the shoe-bottoms, […] Last week they ran a contest to see which shankers shanked fastest. I'm not embarrassed to say I beat them all."
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      "categories": [],
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        "Bad."
      ],
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        [
          "Bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) Bad."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "shank it"
        },
        {
          "sense": "poorly played golf shot",
          "word": "thin"
        },
        {
          "sense": "poorly played golf shot",
          "word": "fat"
        },
        {
          "sense": "poorly played golf shot",
          "word": "toe"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-shank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg/En-us-shank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bit shank"
    },
    {
      "word": "greenshank"
    },
    {
      "word": "ham shank"
    },
    {
      "word": "Longshanks"
    },
    {
      "word": "redshank"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "of the foreleg"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bone",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "shankbone"
    },
    {
      "word": "shank-iron"
    },
    {
      "word": "shank-nag"
    },
    {
      "word": "shank-painter"
    },
    {
      "word": "shanks' mare"
    },
    {
      "word": "shanks' nag"
    },
    {
      "word": "shanks' pony"
    },
    {
      "word": "shank-weary"
    },
    {
      "word": "umbroshank"
    },
    {
      "word": "velvet shank"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)keng-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "schanke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English schanke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sċanca",
        "4": "",
        "5": "leg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sċanca (“leg”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skankō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skankō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skankô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skankô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "skonk"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian skonk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Schanke"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Schanke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schenkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shank, leg"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schenkel (“shank, leg”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skank"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "skank"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian skank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*skankaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*skankaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skakkr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wry, crooked"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)keng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "scingim",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I spring"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκάζω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to limp"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).",
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    {
      "form": "shanks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shank (plural shanks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Meat from that part of an animal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "en:Ornithology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornithology",
          "ornithology"
        ],
        [
          "redshank",
          "redshank"
        ],
        [
          "greenshank",
          "greenshank"
        ],
        [
          "Old World",
          "Old World"
        ],
        [
          "wading birds",
          "wading birds"
        ],
        [
          "Tringa",
          "Tringa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ],
        [
          "ride",
          "ride"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishhook",
          "fishhook"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ],
        [
          "hook",
          "hook"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protruding",
          "protruding"
        ],
        [
          "attached",
          "attached"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "curb bit",
          "curb bit"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "reins",
          "reins"
        ],
        [
          "bridle",
          "bridle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Golf"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1953, Arnold Gingrich, The Esquire Treasury",
          "text": "To a good golfer a shank is disgracefuller than being dead drunk or in jail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "golf",
          "golf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Stormzy, Mura Masa (lyrics and music), “Mr Skeng” (track 1), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy",
          "text": "LBC's tryna blackball me / And tryna blame your boy for knife crime (Like, what?) / I don't use a shank, I got money in the bank / Man, I'd rather do a drive-by",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Casey Diaz, Mike Yorkey, The Shot Caller […], Emanate Books, page 76",
          "text": "One of the shot callers' responsibilities was to control the shanks within the prison population—the crude homemade knives used for stabbing another prisoner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An improvised stabbing weapon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "shiv"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A loop forming an eye to a button."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ],
        [
          "button",
          "button"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Architecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "Doric",
          "Doric"
        ],
        [
          "triglyph",
          "triglyph"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Metalworking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "metalworking",
          "metalworking"
        ],
        [
          "ladle",
          "ladle"
        ],
        [
          "molten",
          "molten"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "engineering",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "metallurgy",
        "metalworking",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ],
        [
          "shoulder",
          "shoulder"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "instep",
          "instep"
        ],
        [
          "heel",
          "heel"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "shoemaking",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pliers",
          "pliers"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the shank of the morning",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1945, Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, page 92",
          "text": "AMANDA: Going now? You're joking! Why, it's only the shank of the evening, Mr. O’Connor!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The main part or beginning of a period of time."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-shank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg/En-us-shank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "skenkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕurqūb",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧عُرْقُوب⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕarʔūb",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧عرقوب⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "srunkʿ",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "սրունք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ṭheṅ",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "ঠেং"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podbedrica",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подбедрица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bérec"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onderbeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schenkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "kruro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in humans",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "sääri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in animals",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "potka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jambe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "canela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterschenkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "lábszár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leggur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "sääri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spanla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lorga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gamba"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gambe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "incik",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "⁧اینجك⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bacak",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "⁧باجاق⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qalam-e pâ",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "⁧قلم پا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goleń"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "in humans",
      "roman": "gólenʹ",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "го́лень"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "in horses",
      "roman": "pljusná",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плюсна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potkoljenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnjat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "lýtko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "holeň"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "word": "píšťala"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "homilka",
      "sense": "lower part of the leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гомілка"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "artala",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "արտալա"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "džolan",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "джолан"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "koot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "potka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "front leg",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "etupotka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "hind leg",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "takapotka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarret"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳanč̣i",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "კანჭი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beinstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hachse"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kōlê",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κωλῆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kōlḗn",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κωλήν"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sardast",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "⁧سردست⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "lýtko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "meat from that part of animal",
      "word": "incik"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "steržen",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стержен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dřík"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tringle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stérženʹ",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сте́ржень"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stryženʹ",
      "sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стрижень"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The centre part of a fishhook",
      "word": "koreke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
      "word": "kahva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
      "word": "otin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
      "word": "ripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xvostovík",
      "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хвостови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xvostovyk",
      "sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хвостовик"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of curb bit",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an improvised stabbing weapon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pincho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gamba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulit",
      "sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "улит"
    }
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}

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      },
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      "name": "root"
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        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "ang",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "leg"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skankô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skankô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "skonk"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian skonk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Schanke"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Schanke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schenkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shank, leg"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schenkel (“shank, leg”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skank"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "skank"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian skank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*skankaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*skankaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skakkr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wry, crooked"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)keng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "scingim",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I spring"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκάζω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to limp"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).",
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      "form": "shanks",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "shanking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shanked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "shanked",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "Ulster English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel on foot."
      ],
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        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
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          "foot"
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        "(archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ulster",
        "archaic"
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    },
    {
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        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stab, especially with an improvised blade."
      ],
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        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants."
      ],
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        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
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        [
          "trousers",
          "trousers"
        ],
        [
          "depants",
          "depants"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Golf"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "golf",
          "golf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Football (soccer)",
        "en:Tennis"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "September 28, 2011, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction."
      ],
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        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ],
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "gridiron football",
          "gridiron football"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "kick",
          "kick"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "unintended",
          "unintended"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "gridiron football",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports",
        "tennis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Charles Darwin, Cause of the variation of flowers",
          "text": "the gerrnens of these swelled, and on four out of the six I have now got fine pods, above 1% inch in length, with the seeds externally visible; whereas the flower stalks of the many other flowers all shanked off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off."
      ],
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        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "capsule",
          "capsule"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ],
        [
          "footstalk",
          "footstalk"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Sewing"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2000, The Indian Textile Journal (volume 110, issues 7-12)",
          "text": "The system is suitable for shanking all kind of sewn buttons (jackets, coats, blouses, shirts, trousers)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sewing",
          "sewing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "sewing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986 March 6, \"Factory Work\" [Poetry, 147], quoted in 2009, Deborah Boe, The Girl of the Early Race: Poems, Gegensatz Press",
          "text": "I take those metal shanks, slide the backs of them in glue and make them lie down on the shoe-bottoms, […] Last week they ran a contest to see which shankers shanked fastest. I'm not embarrassed to say I beat them all."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it."
      ],
      "qualifier": "shoemaking",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-shank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg/En-us-shank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to stab with an improvised weapon",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "shiv"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to remove another's pants",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "depants"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shank"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)keng-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "schanke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English schanke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sċanca",
        "4": "",
        "5": "leg"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skankô"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "skonk"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian skonk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Schanke"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Schanke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schenkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shank, leg"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schenkel (“shank, leg”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skank"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "skank"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian skank",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*skankaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*skankaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skakkr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wry, crooked"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)keng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "scingim",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I spring"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκάζω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to limp"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shanker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shankest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "shank (comparative shanker, superlative shankest)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "shank it"
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    {
      "sense": "poorly played golf shot",
      "word": "thin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "poorly played golf shot",
      "word": "fat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "poorly played golf shot",
      "word": "toe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Bad."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-shank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg/En-us-shank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-shank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shank"
}

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